Windermere Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 686 people in Windermere Park of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Windermere Park was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Windermere Park aged 15 years and over, 44.5% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Windermere Park was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Windermere Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Windermere Park was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Windermere Park 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.2% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 19.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Windermere Park were Australian 31.5%, English 29.9%, Irish 10.4%, Scottish 8.7% and German 4.5%.

In Windermere Park, 85.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, New Zealand 1.0%, South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 1.0%, Samoa 0.7% and United States of America 0.7%.

In Windermere Park, 72.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Windermere Park were No Religion 23.8%, Anglican 22.9%, Catholic 19.7%, Seventh-day Adventist 7.9% and Uniting Church 5.5%.

In Windermere Park 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Serbian 1.0%, Samoan 0.7%, German 0.6%, French 0.6% and Italian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 306 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Windermere Park. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 28.8% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Windermere Park, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Windermere Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Windermere Park included Professionals 20.0%, Labourers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0% and Managers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Windermere Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 7.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.8%, Residential Care Services 4.1%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.1% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Windermere Park was $482.

In Windermere Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.9%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Truck 3.1%, Train 2.1% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 6.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Windermere Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.4% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Windermere Park, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Windermere Park, 36.7% were couple families with children, 34.7% were couple families without children and 26.5% were one parent families.

In Windermere Park 9.4% of single parents were male and 90.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Windermere Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,774 and those without children was $2,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Windermere Park, of couple families with children, 15.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.5% had both employed part-time and 14.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Windermere Park, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Windermere Park, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Windermere Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.6% had 2 bedrooms and 62.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Windermere Park, 30.5% were owned outright, 41.3% were owned with a mortgage and 24.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Windermere Park, of all households, 73.8% were family households, 23.2% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Windermere Park, 28.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Windermere Park, 42.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Windermere Park, there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 42.3%) were male and 15 (or 57.7%) were female. The median age was 8 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Windermere Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $483.

In Windermere Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.